Merkel's Stand

From the BBC:
"Merkel to speak in Berlin against anti-Semitism"

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to speak at a mass rally against anti-Semitism later, amid a sharp rise in attacks on Germany's Jews. The event in Berlin comes 75 years after the outbreak of the World War Two, in which six million Jews were killed by Nazi Germany. Mrs Merkel has vowed to do everything she can "to ensure anti-Semitism doesn't have a chance". The surge in anti-Semitism follows the summer's conflict in Gaza. The rally at the Brandenburg Gate - under the banner "Stand Up: Jew Hatred - Never Again!" - coincides with a World Jewish Congress (WJC) meeting in the capital.  Speaking in her weekly podcast, Chancellor Merkel said Germany had "a lot of work ahead of us" to tackle the rise in anti-Semitism.  She said there was "not a single Jewish institution" in the country that does not require police protection in the current climate.  "That's something that very much concerns me," she added. Some demonstrators were reported to have shouted slogans saying "Zionists are fascists, killing children and civilians" and yelled that Jews should be "gassed".  Last week, a swastika and the words "Jews" and the Nazi slogan "Sieg Heil" were spray-painted on to a local newspaper building in the eastern city of Cottbus. Organisers of Sunday's rally hope more than 10,000 people will attend.

^ It's a good sign that the Chancellor of a country such as Germany, with it's well-known mass murder of Jews and others, speaks out against modern-day attacks on those same groups. Hopefully, the talk will be followed-up by real action to stop anyone from attacking (either verbally or physically) others. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29195685